The Story of a Piece of Coal: What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes

THE STORY OF - A PIECE OF COAL - WHAT IT IS, WHENCE IT COMES, AND WHITHER IT GOES - BY EDWARD A. MARTIN, F.G.S.

PREFACE.

I. THE ORIGIN OF COAL AND THE PLANTS OF WHICH IT IS COMPOSED - II. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE COAL-BEARING STRATA - III. VARIOUS FORMS OF COAL AND CARBON - IV. THE COAL-MINE AND ITS DANGERS - V. EARLY HISTORY—ITS USE AND ITS ABUSE - VI. HOW GAS IS MADE—ILLUMINATING OILS AND BYE-PRODUCTS - VII. THE COAL SUPPLIES OF THE WORLD - VIII. THE COAL-TAR COLOURS - CHART SHEWING THE PRODUCTS OF COAL - GENERAL INDEX - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. - THE ORIGIN OF COAL AND THE PLANTS OF WHICH IT IS COMPOSED.

CHAPTER II. - A GENERAL VIEW OF THE COAL-BEARING STRATA.

CHAPTER III. - VARIOUS FORMS OF COAL AND CARBON.

CHAPTER IV. - THE COAL-MINE AND ITS DANGERS.

CHAPTER V. - EARLY HISTORY—ITS USE AND ITS ABUSE.

CHAPTER VI. - HOW GAS IS MADE—ILLUMINATING OILS AND BYE-PRODUCTS.

CHAPTER VII. - THE COAL SUPPLIES OF THE WORLD.